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After the kidnapping Vladimir, Bela and a few others experienced via the Vanni's- Vladimir had withdrawn greatly from the public face of Nirvani. For while even he wasn't present during store hours, leaving the running of the store solely to his twin brother Dante and their two female workers. Guilt plagued his heart and it still does to this day, guilt that he couldn't stop the torture Bela and the others went through. It was like reliving his past as a child. The hopelessness left Vladimir a changed man for the next two years. Quieter, kinder, and he didn't hound after women. In fact there wasn't many women he talked to during the past two years. Bela, Gwen, Una, Camelia and Integra had been the few he had spoken to. Vladimir had also steered clear of the Windmill Grindhouse for the past two years as well, aside from his last New Years Eve party that had him meeting the local and probably equally crazy and creepy law enforcement. The blue eyed beauty Romane. And while he would have normally tried to get in the cops pants.. flashbacks, paranoia and flat out being unable to face women, the grind house and going out alone, kept him hold up in his apartment instead.

During his momentary hermit years, Vladimir worked on training Snowflake, the white pup Bela had given Dante, to be a guard dog. The up turned out to be a full blooded wolf, where Bela had ever acquired the animal neither twin had questioned. Speaking of Bela.. Vladimir had developed a bit of a brotherly relationship with her over the past two years ever since the kidnapping. It was a quiet understanding between them, but every time Vlad looks at Bela he still feels that pang of guilt deep in his soul. If he could only take away her pain, he'd do it in a heartbeat...

The more residents Nirvani gets the more profit and improvement the store has. The store itself has done well. The Bistro had not. So scraping the second story and expanding the Store itself into two stories, has been working out better for the Twins these past 2 years. Of course this means that while in seclusion for the past 2 years Vladimir had become pretty decent friends with his one worker Camelia Grey, and again he hasn't tried to hit on her yet, because of the trauma he endured from his and Bela's ..incident.

Just now.. after these two years, Vladimir is starting to put the past behind him and start to come back out of his shell and return to his good ol self. He has started smoking more, as well as dressing slightly different, darker than before, making him appear even more mysterious and Dracula like than usual. He's also taken an interest in these mythical creatures that leave presents for everyone every year, and bunny chariot tracks in the dirt outside his Store. Its made him seem pretty crazy at times and he is also pretty aware, but not entirely of Romane's eyes on him when he has ventured out of the Store. Its interesting and unnerving.

Between running the Butchery, -firing Jan for his laziness and taking on a teen as an intern-, frequenting the Windmill Grindhouse, trading stocks and bonds at home, as well as helping Gladice LeBlanc as much as possible -with Walter's help of course- Hans has been busy, busy!

Concerning his crush Kevin, Hansel has started internally questioning why his and Kevins casual dating for the past two years hasnt turned into anything deeper. Not to mention how busy Kevin got during the Spring season, nor ever being in the mans house since meeting him. Not to mention Kevins ignoring of him that one New Years Eve night. Usually Hans trusts Kevin's word, that is until the male told him he could see barely. That he wasnt not infact blind in the most strict sense, but unable to see clearly for the most part. Not wanting to dwell on it because Hans does care for Kevin, more than he probably should, Hans focuses on other things in his life and just simply enjoys the time he has with Kevin when they are together. There is the threat of reality lingering in the back of his head, though he would rather not see it right now.

Hans has been working on being more of a Father figure to Una and setting some major rules to keep her in check. Integra's help, as a mother figure has worked as well. Una still drinks but not as much as before. Still its a process in work..

Integra as beautiful as ever mind you, ended up taking Una under her wing when she saw how much trouble the girl was headed towards. Her Uncle is an alcoholic there's no reason why Una should turn out the same. Or so thought Integra. Helping to set the girl straight a bit, Integra has been busy with that. As well as deepening her friendship with Dante, they love to have sleepovers and watch girlie movies together. When Integra tried once again to get hired at the Grindhouse as a stripper, for its mostly all Integra knows how to do. She was finally hired. Now Integra works alongside Bela as another female stripper the house has. Both pull in alot of money, but there is a bit of tension still in the air between them.

Since working for the Grindhouse Integra has become better friends with Alice, whom is sleeping with her friend and roommate, the hopeless romantic, Pip. Also she has become decent friends with Ilya as well who runs the local Winery, she of course frequents the Grindhouse along with several other regulars.

Pip has become pretty comfortable working as a bouncer for the Grindhouse. Its almost like the days of the past but a lot safer, some exceptions excluded. He also is in very much love with his boss Alice Ladd. Evey knew of their little crushes, mostly Pips, nearly right away. And the Frenchman was determined to break through the icy skin of Alice. He needed to have her believe in love, and not just that but actually experience it. Alice and Pip are going steady for now, and Pip is always thinking up new and interesting ways to keep the fire ignited in their relationship. Taking Alice out to dinner, cooking for her, watching movies, buying her flowers, chocolates. Being spontaneous like walking through the light rain, going on nude dips in the hotsprings, only to have most of this end in a sex filled night or the two just enjoying one another company.

When Integra started working at the Grindhouse as a stripper alongside Bela, Pip was glad to see both girls doing what they wanted to do in life. Though Bela seemed more docile after marrying Xiero, who would have seen that coming?! No okay maybe a few people. Anyways. That's about it for the Frenchman. OH well.. that is except for Pips newest friend Hayden another hopeless romantic like himself. Now the two have someone to relate to when talking about love and how wonderful it is. A nice carefree life, a steady job, friends, and a nice girlfriend.. Ceste la Vie~

Aleksey Fedya Vyacheslav


Aleksey arrived on Nirvani two weeks (before the time skip ends.) at the end of the New Year. Aleksey was still setting up his farm, so he was too busy to attend the New Years party at the Grindhouse. Not to mention he had barely been off of his own land since he had arrived to Nirvani. Aleksey is an odd fellow, quiet, gentle, mysterious and usually always smiling. He enjoys the simple things in life, like farming and just being apart of the conversation (whether he's talking or not). His English is alright, his grammar is worse at times. He's also naive in the ways of Western culture. It'll take him a bit to get used to Nirvani and its inhabitants.